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  • By Business Observer Staff |
  • April 18, 2014
Chico's shares see green

Retail customers haven't been the only ones looking for deals at Chico's FAS.

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  • January 29, 2016
Let Me In

Software firm SplashData, in its fifth annual worst passwords list, reports that “123456” and “password” are the most common passwords used by people in North American and Western Europe.

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  • November 7, 2014
Real estate brokers get prickly for charity

Nobody likes a prick.

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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 15, 2024
Developer buys 22 acres in Port Charlotte, building 333 apartments

LIV Development out of Alabama bought the property and plans to begin construction on the complex this month.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • November 13, 2024
Lakewood Ranch community under development reports $227.5M in sales

Wild Blue at Waterside has sold 134 homes or home sites at its lakefront community in Lakewood Ranch.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • November 17, 2025
Florida workers' comp rates to fall nearly 7% next year

The state's Office of Insurance Regulation has approved rate decreases nine consecutive years.

  • Florida
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • March 30, 2026
Collier affordable housing nonprofit launching portal to ease searches

The Housing Alliance is looking to double a $100,000 grant to create the program that will streamline options.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • September 15, 2025
Manatee County shopping plaza sold for nearly $40M

Cortez Plaza, a Sprouts and LA Fitness-anchored shopping center in west Bradenton, has changed ownership.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • By Louis Llovio |
  • February 9, 2023
71 employees to lose their job as Walmart closes Pinellas County store

The layoffs will happen in March, about nine days after the company closes neighborhood market store

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
  • By Louis Llovio |
  • May 8, 2026
358 affordable housing units under construction in Fort Myers

The community is being built on State Road 82 by Naples affordable housing developer Onda Housing Group.

  • Charlotte–Lee–Collier
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  • January 2, 2013
Young'uns decry taxes over spending cuts

The higher taxes position famously staked out by billionaire Warren Buffet, 82, stands in stark opposition to millennials most likely to be crushed by the destructive power of progressive taxation.

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  • August 5, 2013
Pair of local residential sales top $10M

Both transactions provide more evidence of a recovery in the high-end market.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • July 25, 2021
Report: region nearly leads nation in apartment rent increase

Yardi Matrix’s National Multifamily Report says rent growth, overall, has been 'astonishing.'

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  • By Kevin McQuaid |
  • July 6, 2018
Colliers snags retail broker to beef up its practice area

Paul Fischetti joins Colliers International as Tampa-area commercial real estate brokerage firms are beefing up their retail practices.

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  • August 10, 2018
Florida, behind a surprise No. 1 and No. 2, ranks third in business climate report

A metric that put Florida among the top three is exports: nearly seven out of 10, 69%, of Florida’s’ large export total comes from small businesses, the report shows.

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  • By Laura Lyon |
  • July 15, 2024
Tampa nonprofits focused on community well-being join forces

The company merger is set for January 2025.

  • Tampa Bay-Lakeland
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  • By Elizabeth King |
  • February 13, 2025
2 restaurants coming to Sarasota's UTC in 2026

Olivia and On Swann have Tampa locations and are expanding to the Sarasota market.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
  • By Elizabeth King |
  • February 10, 2026
Sarasota family office acquires large manufacturing plant

Nickolas Asset Management is taking over a plastic scrap recycling plant from Material Difference Technologies.

  • Manatee-Sarasota
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  • August 29, 2003
22 Newsmakers (8/29/03)

Movers and shakers.

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  • By Andrew Warfield |
  • June 7, 2019
Promoting iconic restaurant opening is all fun and games

To effectively open its Fort Myers location, Dave & Buster's needed to reach its target demographic in a big way. Priority Marketing used its influence — and influencers — to exceed expectations.

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